Spy Pics Reveal Artificial NK Islands

Satellite images of small islands off the western coast of North Korea have raised a great deal of suspicion.

The Diplomat reported that North Korea has constructed military facilities on several small islands near the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, a site that develops and tests missiles. Indeed, some of the islands themselves were constructed by North Korea.

The purpose of the islands is unknown, but some people suspect that the islands could be used as sites to launch missiles.

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Author Gordon Chang told Fox News that those suspicions are not far off base.

“North Korea is never up to any good,” the author of “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World” said. “The new facilities, whatever their purpose, will be used for evil deeds, mischief or trouble-making of some sort.”

“My sense is that the facilities on the new islands will be used for missile launches of some kind, especially because they are near Sohae,” Chang added.

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“Some of the islands look like offensive asset deployment sites,” Damen Cook suggested in The Diplomat, while admitting that it was difficult to be certain of the nature of these islands from the available imagery.

Not everyone is convinced of his theory. Political science professor and expert on North Korea Dr. Bruce Bechtol doubted the islands are being used for nefarious purposes.

“As far as the islands being something that could present a real imminent threat to the U.S. or South Korea, I’m just not seeing it,” he told Fox News.

Bechtol said the islands were interesting but that they were probably being developed for civilian use.

Perhaps the islands are for both military and civilian use. Researcher on unconventional weapons and technology at the University of Maryland Steve Sin told the Los Angeles Times that the North Koreans “build just about everything for dual purpose.”

Considering that the islands are located on the interior ocean side and protected by the strait, it would seem that the North is up to no good.

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